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We picked up our new Outlander last night. The dealership rang yesterday morning and said it was ready a day early. I left work early and we went and picked it up. So smooth and quiet compared to the Mazda. I'll miss driving the Mazda though. Such a nice little sporty car. I hope it serves Anna's sister as well as it has us.

Man, it has been a struggle to get this beer in the fermentor. I was hoping to have it ready for the case swap this weekend but no dice. Belle Saison ferments out quickly but not 5 days quickly. Maybe it is a good thing in that I will have beer left after the the case swap.. A few photos of the process.

Despite me being a whinging bastard we went to Sea World as our annual theme park passes expire at the end of June. The car-park was completely packed out with us parking pretty much as far away as possible. Despite the number of cars the park itself wasn't all that bad and the lines were pretty good. So it ended up with me being a whingy bastard for no reason and we all had a good time.

I made a few kit saisons and I quite liked the style although felt something was lacking with the kit versions. This is a very simple saison recipe and hopefully the Saaz hops add a little bit of lemon zing to the spice provided from the yeast.

Man, how time flies. Hamish is 2 years old today and we are having a small family party for him. We gave him some presents in the morning and then he got more presents when the family came over in the afternoon.

Today I took Hamish to Movie World. he had fun last time on the rides but that was about 6 months ago. We had a blast today and we had lots of fun. He was very tired but still didn't sleep on the way home.

I have had Reds membership for the last few years and finally managed to bring Anna along for a game. Ralph came along as well as Chris couldn't attend the game so gave me his spare tickets. Anna and Ralph enjoyed the game but unfortunately didn't bring the Reds any luck losing to the Rebels.

I am going to a homebrew swap day at the end of June. I figured I would take a chance and brew a dunkel weizen which is quite a complicated beer to brew. I have never brewed one so what could go wrong. The name suggested itself and is a play on my brothers name. I am not going to sample any of the beers until the night of the swap so I hope it turns out ok.